July 2022

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen will be a guest at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival this year. On August 14, the Sarajevo Film Festival will screen THE HUNT - in which Mikkelsen plays the lead role - at the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema. Mikkelsen…

The fourth Tylerman International Film Festival opens Friday, August 5 with a red carpet premiere for all ages at the Studio Movie Grill, 301 Rice Lake Square in Wheaton. Sessions will be at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. with…

Every summer, the Motovun Film Festival brings thousands of moviegoers to a historic hilltop village in the heart of Istria for open-air screenings in the main square, presentations and lots of parties. This year is in full swing and runs…

Special effects makeup is an integral part of modern cinema. It is not only used to create aliens and monsters, but to create a realistic character that audiences can connect with and believe in. Keeping in mind the importance of SFX…

New Zealand's annual world film festival is back. While the ongoing pandemic has greatly affected the Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival over the past two years, the 2022 edition will take place in 14 cities and towns…

pop quiz, hotshot: Which world event brings together the most media?The Olympic Games, indeed, but do you know the most publicized event? That would be the Cannes Film Festival, a fact that might be more surprising if it…

THE 43rd Durban International Film Festival has been running since July 21 and will continue until July 30. I had the privilege of watching one of their movies online and then wrote a review of it. This is a review of girl taken…

From heartfelt dramas to portraits of local artists, suitcase pictures and documentaries revisiting sometimes painful memories, many films originating or supported by Aotearoa make their debut as part of the Whānau Mārama: New Zealand…

Film festivals are the lifeblood of the film industry. Thousands of people descend on a city for a week to watch dozens of brand-new movies and seek out adoring fans. Some independent films are out there looking for distributors to put…

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Reading time: 3 minutesMuch of the horror lineup at the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival this year has been a visceral experience. Brute and investigator, Hypochondriac add to that. A painful watch on deep-seated family trauma…

The Belfast Film Festival named Variety film critic Jessica Kiang and Rose Baker as new programmers, and also launched an inaugural feature film competition.Kiang and Baker will serve as the creative leads at this year's BFF, which runs…

Short films may not be as labor intensive as feature films, but they have their own set of challenges. Telling a great story in a limited time is not easy and it takes real talent to do it well. The LA Shorts Film Festival is…

Until a few years ago, the Stuttgart festival in southern Germany was called "Bollywood and beyond", a celebration of mainstream Indian cinema, with auteur films on the sidelines. But the standard song-and-dance theater was starting to…

Reading time: 2 minutesCONTENT DISCLAIMER: Dark Nature and this review deal with topics of domestic violenceThe first horror feature for Berkley Brady, dark nature it's like standing in a swimming pool with your toes barely touching the…

07/18/2022 - The filmmaker talks to us about the future of the festival she createdMariam KhachvaniGeorgian director of the acclaimed feature film Dede on the mountainous region of Svaneti where she was born, turns her attention to…

At the next Venice Film Festival, Hollywood actress Julianne Moore will chair the Festival's main international jury. It will take place between August 31 and September 10. The Festival is celebrating its 79th edition this year. From…

Reading time: 2 minutesI'm a sucker for coming-of-age stories, especially when they're animated. So, Goodbye Don Glee! is right up my alley. Animated by Studio Madhouse and distributed in North America by GKIDS Films, Goodbye Don Glee!…

Reading time: 3 minutesI'm a sucker for the illegal courier service in movies. They're set up for quick thinking, faster driving, and adrenaline-pumping chases. On these fronts, Special delivery, well, book. Directed and written by…

From a Mongolian sex comedy to a steamy Korean social drama and a chilling Tibetan thriller, NYAFF returns to the big screen in style. While Asian cinema has seen significant crossover success in recent years, global phenomena like…

Reverend Kenneth McCoy has been called the "street pastor" of St. Louis, and he has earned that title. From midnight to early morning, he leads teams of pastors through the dark streets of St.…

07/13/2022 - European films Old people, Megalomaniac and Storm Orchestrator will celebrate their world premieres at the canadian genre festivalOld people by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González GómezAfter unveiling his third – and…

Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired the North American rights to "The Eight Mountains," a drama by Belgian filmmakers Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch that won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film…

The Cannes Film Festival has called for the immediate release of filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Alehahmad and Jafar Panahi, detained by Iran for the past few days.In a statement released on Monday, Cannes organizers said: "The Cannes…

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced that the 2023 festival will take place in Santa Barbara, California from February 8-18. With its beautiful Central Coast and high-end sensibilities as a backdrop,…

Viewers of the Wyoming International Film Festival screen the film "Tooth" as part of a "Connections"-themed block of shorts at the LCCC Saturday in Cheyenne. (Lisa Hushbeck/Cap City News) CHEYENNE, Wyo.–…

Posted By: The Journalist July 9, 2022 'Toboggan 'Bout Town', 'The Supper Club' under spotlight at six-day event The Oscar-qualified Indy Shorts International Film Festival runs July 19-24. This year's theme is "The World's…

08/07/2022 - La priorità del grande evento cinematografico armeno, che torna a svolgersi nel mese di luglio, è il cinema locale, come conferma il suo direttore aquaticoThis article is available in English.After being affected by the…

As with most events this year, the Fantasia International Film Festival returns to theaters for its 2022 edition, the 26th year of its existence. From July 14 to August 3, Montreal, Quebec, will fill its screens at the Concordia Hall…

06/07/2022 - Two first films and a large number of European feature films by young directors and household names in the running for the Golden Leopard at the 75th Locarno Film FestivalHuman Flesh Flowers by Helena Wittmann (©…

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The New Zealand International Film Festival (July 28-August 7) ​​will open its 2022 edition with the world premiere of local filmmaker Tearepa Kahi's action drama Muru and the American documentary by Sara Dosa Fire Of love. Muru will…

Aotearoa film lovers, the film version of Christmas is fast approaching - the Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival, that is. On Thursday July 28, the country's leading film showcase will kick off its 2022 tour in…

As Covid cases begin to rise again in Hollywood, it's a different story nearly 6,000 miles away as the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival kicked off with a bang on Friday night. The important Central European festival showed no…

The City of Rome and the Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) invite the public to enjoy a series of free films at the Auditorium of the City of Rome. The series will include three films that will take place on Wednesday evenings in…